Save Article

Critics Question Legality of Health-Care Delay

WASHINGTON – It didn’t take long after the administration’s surprise announcement Tuesday night of its decision to delay a key part of health insurance overhaul to 2015 for critics to complain the White House was breaking its own law.

Within hours, Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee said it “is unclear that [President Obama] has the authority to do this without Congress.”

Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe, a Republican, asked Congress’s research arm to examine the legality of the move.